Tatum Trester’s RBI double with one out sealed the win as the new Lady Blue delivered a walk-off with a rip down the left-field line.

“I was thinking she’d been throwing a lot of riseballs and I have to stay off them,” Trester said. “The fact I got the walk-off was really great for our team.”

The Lady Blues returned every starter off last year’s regional semifinalists, including 6-4A MVP Nicole King and Southerland. Gaining Trester as a cleanup hitter and outfielder has been icing on the cake in Adam Arrington’s first season as head coach.

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Burkburnett's Tayler Tournay runs to second base in the game against Graham Friday, March 23, 2018, in Graham.(Photo: Lauren Roberts/Times Record News)

After starting two seasons at Chisholm Trail, Trester moved to Graham and has provided another potent bat in the lineup. She drove in all three runs against Burkburnett and is batting a team-high .491 with 20 RBIs, including five in the first two district games.

“A lot of times you have to worry about are they going to fit in with the girls who are here, but she’s been a great addition,” Arrington said. “We’re starting to jell right now and starting to come together as a team.”

Trester gave Graham a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single and another base hit gave Graham the lead again in the fourth. King scored the game-winning run by drawing a walk, stealing second and hustling home on Trester’s double.

“From what I heard they had a really good run last year and I’m ready to take it farther,” Trester said. “I really love Graham honestly and being a part of this program is really amazing. I’m super prpud to be a Lady Blue and I wouldn’t want anything else.”

Southerland and Bright combined for 20 strikeouts and allowed only 10 hits. Southerland had a no-hitter going in the fifth inning when Jade Hill broke it up with an RBI single. Meanwhile, Bright fanned 11 batters and only walked two in a tough loss.

Southerland has won all three meetings against Bright, who took a loss despite no-hitting the Lady Blues last spring. In a district that also includes Vernon’s Jade Guzman, runs will be at a premium most nights.

While Burkburnett (14-7, 0-1) dropped its district opener, the visitors still had chances, stranding two runners in scoring position in the eighth. Those missed opportunities proved costly.

“I knew it was going to be a tough game, come down to that right there. Whoever got the runner in scoring position and came up with the key hit,” Burkburnett coach John Blair said. “The last two or three innings, we had that opportunity and couldn’t get the hit we needed.”